BYOD: Good for whom exactly?

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Hurray, right? Freedom of choice rules! Or does it? Let's think this over.

I know I'm not the average user, but I have an iPad and several Android phones and tablets. I'm self-employed, so I had to pay for them myself. I also have to pay for my Internet and 3G data services. If I worked at a company with a BYOD policy, I would still have to pay for my devices and services. At many companies, I'd also have to load the official virtual private network client and programs for e-mail.